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The Federal Ministry of Education has announced that in order to reduce the workload of primary and junior secondary pupils, they will be cutting down subjects from 20 to a maximum of ten subjects under the nine-year basic educational curriculum in order to align with International standards. To achieve this, the ministry of Education will be partnering with the Nigerian ... Read More »

Last night December 16, Mavin first lady, Tiwa Savage looked stunning as she stepped out for the listening party of her second studio album titled ‘RED’. The party was held at the weekly Industry Nite that holds at Spice Route, Victoria Island, Lagos and it was hosted by Beat Fm OAP, Fade Ogunro. Read More »

A possible breakdown of law and order at the Benin City Central Hospital, was averted by the police on Friday, following the mysterious disappearance of two corpses from the hospital morgue. It was gathered that relatives of the deceased persons had gone to the hospital on Thursday to collect the corpses for burial when they discovered that they were missing ... Read More »

More than 130,000 people had signed on Wednesday (Dec 9) a petition to ban US presidential hopeful Donald Trump from Britain following his call to bar Muslims from entering the United States. Having topped 100,000 signatures, the petition now has to be considered for debate by parliament and will require a written government response. “The UK has banned entry to ... Read More »

For those of us who have followed Nigeria’s politics from 1999 till date, it is interesting to see how PDP and it’s new status of opposition is playing out. Out of frustration, the opposition party on Sunday declared its defeated candidate, Governor Idris Wada as the winner of the governorship election in Kogi State. According to the PDP, Governor Wada ... Read More »

According to Premium Times, Some Nigerian football fans were on Saturday expelled from a football stadium in Senegal for displaying Biafran flags. The fans were expelled minutes after they displayed Biafran flags alongside Nigerian flags at a football match between Nigeria and Algeria at the U-23 African Cup of Nations holding in Dakar, the Senegalese capital. There have been protests ... Read More »

The fine imposed by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, on MTN Nigeria for failing to disconnect 5.1 million unregistered subscribers from its network in the months of August and September, has again been increased by 10 per cent to N780 billion. The fine, which was originally N1.04 trillion, was reduced to N674 billion, representing a 35 per cent reduction, following ... Read More »

Multi award-winning singer and performer, Tiwa Savage, has opened up on her religious belief, marital stand, as well as how she preached and practiced abstinence from s*x for three years. The Mavin Records first lady also said she is ‘very spiritual’, affirming that she pays her tithes often as well as conversing with God. She said, “I may not always ... Read More »

The Lagos State University (LASU) has reversed the increased acceptance fee for the newly-admitted students from ₦20,000 to ₦10,000. President, Lagos State University Students Union (LASUSU)‎, Mr Adeyemi Onikoro, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. Onikoro‎ said that the university’s authority had updated the website for the new students to pay N10, ... Read More »

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has kicked against the recommendation by the Senate that all results for entry into tertiary institutions should last for three years. The examination body said it will distort and delay the future of students across the country if enacted. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said this in Abuja during the opening ... Read More »

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the Bauchi State Police Command, DSP Haruna Mohammed, Sunday, confirmed the arrest of four suspects who allegedly killed a 25-year-old lady, one Rose Luka, through abortion complications. Disclosing this to newsmen in Bauchi, the PPRO gave the names of the suspects as Hillary Joseph, Mudasshiru Bako, Nasiru Haruna and Hamisu Yashi. He said ... Read More »

Nigerian troops of 28 Task Force Brigade in a joint effort with the Nigerian Air Force, destroyed Boko Haram camps along Bitta and Damboa axis and in the process rescued 61 persons abducted earlier and held captive by the Boko Haram terrorists. The rescued persons were mainly women and children. The troops also recovered 2 Dane guns after an encounter ... Read More »

The Federal Government on Monday took drastic action to stamp out quackery and sub-standard practices in medical practice in the country as it has announced a ban on all graduates of medicine from participating in the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) until they have qualified as medical doctors and have secured practice licence from the Medical and Dental Council ... Read More »

This miracle occurred in the early hours of today at Ijora, Lagos State. The green colored truck was about to fall but the blue truck proved to be a shoulder for it to lean on, thereby preventing it from falling. Human beings should learn a thing or two from the blue truck’s brave act of kindness. Read More »